The bald eagle wasn’t officially chosen as the national bird until 1789. Franklin suggested a Biblical scene of Moses and ...

Benjamin Franklin had clashed with John Adams and Thomas Jefferson over which bird should be included on the Great Seal, telling his daughter at the time that bald eagles were "a bird of bad moral ...

it was never formally recognized as the country's official bird. Some of the Founding Fathers — Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson — were tasked with creating a national seal ...

This page from Thomas Jefferson's memorandum book describes ... olives and grapes? Which bird calls signaled a change of season? Armed with a pencil and his reusable ivory notebook—wiped clean ...

Directed by Jon Hirsch, the six-part docuseries Thomas Jefferson is a comprehensive look at the life of the Founding Father who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence ...

Our nation's third president, Thomas Jefferson, held the first 4th of July ... the turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America." ...